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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
BELLEVUE, La, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1887.
work. Naturally the biscuit grew

her work. Naturally the biscuit grew
in favor.
The last time 1 visited the Polly
wolly-winkum bakery. it had moved its
quarters to large, well-lighted kitchen,
with q classroom attached. Yes, a
classroom; for Polly had agreed to
teach cooking to a number of rich
mems daughters at a good round price
per girl. And, not to lose the chance
of doing good because she was poor,
she selected a dozen poor girls. to
whom she gave another hour week.
without pay.
Mr.. Paul McIlwaine was my cicerone
on the occasion of my visit; and, when
| had admired and praised until the
English language was exhausted, he
said, gravely:
Nevertheless a suit is pending in
court against the Polly-wolly-winkum
bakery. 1t is charged that Miss Ruth
erford is dishonesty Withholding from
all the young gentlemen of her ac-
quaintance the time and thought and
interest they believe to be their DUE"
THAT is dreadful charge, Polly
winkum," said L What are you go
ing to do about it?''
'I'll engage Mr.. McIlwaine to defend
me" replied the little bakeress, rum
ming to look into an oven. But, some-
how, her face was red even before she
opened the oven door!-Good Cheer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
A woMAN's SORROW.

=, ,ead the page with mournful eye;
oay 'so heart she said, 'it Is strangel
..u,d weep when think how mans wild love
iIs ran silently cool, and change!
ro look at Jacks letters OF long agol
uv angel my love- my own,
rse light Of my Dreams my lovely one,'
mt this, to-day, is his tone:
..nsar wife, O. r., and the trunk has como:
rsT Williams I'll telegraph;
n MIGHT have managed the thing himself
ube hadn't been such calf.
s,,ro here for a week, at the wilmington
rnough to eat-of the kind;
,aot under the bureau, some time, dear,
p ~, that stud that I couldn't find.
sr,e cot an ear-ache-confounded draft
m the train. You can ask Old Ray
~ cash your checks for you. Don't forget
M send me my flannels.-J.
cha dropped tear as she took her pen,
yet these we're the words she wrote:
NEAR Hubby, told you you'd get your death
without your big overcoat.
sine man for the carpets came to-day,
haven't seen Williams since;
near mother arrived last night-to stay
And we're doing up jelly (quince)
TAKE care of your money, for goodness sake
The check was perfect boon;
yopr aannelst N. G. Get some new ones, dear;
The baby is well. Write soon."
ss shook her head as she traced her name,
/ And sealed her letter with sighs;
n Is hard for woman to understand
How soon mans sentiments die"
Madeline s. Bridges, in Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
CORMORANT FISHING.
How the Chinese Make Use of the Greedl
est Bird In Existence.

How the Chinese Make Use of tho GreedE
est Bird In Existence.
In China tame cormorants are trained
to fish for their masters. Rev. Justis
Doolittle thus describes the process OF
cormorant fishing:
.'The fisherman who has charge OF
the cormorants stands upon a raft of
bamboo poles, very light, and propelled
by paddle. A basket is placed on it
to contain the fish. Each raft has three
or four cormorants connected with it.
When not fishing they crouch down
stupidity on the raft. The fisherman,
when he wishes to make cormorant
fish, pushes or throws it off the raft
into the water. If it is not disposed at
once to dive and seek for fish, he some
times strikes it, so that it is glad to
dive and get out of his reach.
"When it has caught a fish, it rises
to the surface, holding it in its mouth,
and apparently striving to swallow it.
A string tied loosely around its neck,
or metallic ring, effectually prevents
swallowing, except, perhaps, in the
case of very small fish. 1t usually swims
directly for the raft. The fisherman,
when near enough, dexterously passes
net-like bag, fastened to the end of a
pole, over the two, and draws them
both on the raft. He then forces the
fish from the grasp Of the bird, and. as
if to reward the latter for its success,
gives it monthful OF food, which 1t Is
enabled to swallow, on his raising the
ring from the lower part of its neck.
The bird. if apparently tired out, is
allowed to rest awhile on the raft, and
then it is pushed off again into the
water, and made to dive and hunt for
fish as before. Sometimes one bird will
hasten to the assistance of another
which has canght large fish which he
may be unable to master; the bird will
help his comrade to carry his prize to
the raft, and then fly back and resume
its own labors. ~ Youths Compagioa,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
THE CAT MARKET.
Recognition of the Domesticated Feline as
Fur-Bearing Animal.

Fur-Bearins Animal.
It is estimated that not less than
100000 kittens are annually brought
into this sinful world. OF these, the
great majority are miserably drowned
"a practice which is destined shortly
to be done away with by the recogni-
ton of the cat as fur-bearing animal.
Rugs of selected Maltese and tortoise
shell are already quite expensive, and
excellent limitations of various furs are
made in this material. Taxidermists,
too, are advertising for kittens by the
thousand. to stuff for ornamental pur-
poses. At present the only purpose to
which they are applied in this country
is the manufacture of carriage robes
but vast numbers of them are sent to
Europe, where they are in great de-
mand for coats and hats, dressing
gown Innings, and other garments.
The pelts come in from all parts of
the country. They are gathered by
professional collectors, who supply
them by the quantity at regular sched-
ule rates. A common cat skin is worth
five cents, pure Maltese ten cents,
and black one twenty-five cents. A
carriage robe of the best cat fur is
worth from forty to fifty dollars. There
are always plenty of stray cats run
ming wild in the rural districts. The
Maine woods are full of them. They
breed wonderfully fast. and it is good
sport popping them off the fences and
stone walls along the roadside. -Bos-
ton Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
Somewhat Sinister

The ive,year.old son of the wealthy
Mrs. Bondclipper, of Fifth avenue. is
left-handed, and his mother has made
an earnest but heretofore unsuccessful
effort to cure him Of this defect.
A few days ago, in fit Of anger, he
struck his French governess square in
The face and made her nose bleed.
Tommy, you little wretch!' screamed
Mrs. Bondclipper, "don't you ever
do that again as long as you live. Will
| never be able to make you use YOUR
right and?"-.Te1ds Sifttnos.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

~
Stealing from one poorer than our.
self is stealing directly from the Lord.
We hate the Indians because we
have stolen so much from Them
Harper's Bazar.
There is no such thing as failure,
till man gives up.-Pomeroys Ad-
vance Thought.
Shopping women who complain OF
insolent salesgirls are sometimes wholly
responsible for it all.-Mail and Express.
Many men claim to be firm in their
principles when really they are only
obstinate in their preiudices.
Lady (who had sick husband y
"Don't you think, doctor, that you ought
to bleed my husband?" Doctor (absent-
mindedly)-..No, madam, not until he
gets well. "-Epoch.
Massachusetts has $4,000 widows.
and yet it has been the habit of the
Massachusetts man for years and years
to assume the privilege of telling other
people how to live.
Editorial expression is but Que
mans opinion, unless it reflects care
fully studied public sentiment. when it
becomes very forceful power. .-Ponae-
roy's Adeance Thought.
mabel, have. something to say
that think will astonish you" "What
is it, Harry?" II am going away"
20, Harry! you are always getting up
some nice surprise for me. "-Merchant
Traveller.
--Dumley Cat the supper-table)-
Yes, have spent most of the day at
the dentists. Mrs. Hendricks (the
landlady)-Are you having your teeth
filled, Mr.. Dumley? Dumley (strug-
Cling with steak)--Yes, ma am;
filled and sharpened. ~. Y. San.
Though years bring with them wis
dom, yet there is one lesson the aged
seldom learn, namely, the management
of youthful feelings. Age is all head.
youth all heart; age reasons, youth is
under the dominion of hope.
-''Willie," said young wife. "are
you going to take part in this tennis
tournament" "Yes, I thought of |"
"Please don't, Willie, for my sake. !"
"Why?" Because you might win and
itwould surely get into the papers. y
Washington Critic. Nts 3fa5&
AS soon as we get over the fush we
are going to invent a big navy gun that
will throw deadly car stoves into the
enemy's vessels. Two grand results
will be accomplished. The enemy will
be annihilated in particularly melan-
choly manner and we shall get rid of
the car stoves.-Springfeld Union.
Experiments made in France de-
monstrate that the use of tobacco de-
stroys the memory. 1t wasn't neces-
sary, however, to cross the water to
find out the fact. Tobacco users are
all the time forgetting to supply them
selves with the weed, and are forced to
depend upon charity.
80. dear, those children make SO
much noise that I can't hear myself
talki' exclaimed Aunt Harriet, as she
left the room with slam. Children
said papa, "you must be more consid.
crate. Your aunt might have some
thing to say that you should want to
hear. Now, if you will be real good
I'll buy Johnnie nice bazoo, and
Hattie grand piano, and Tommie a
big watchman's rattle, and I'll make a
horse-fddle of the dining-table for the
baby. But don't bother 'auntie with
your noise any more than you car
help. Springfield Union.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29
Equal to All Occasions.

"Clara," he said, tenderly, IF bust
ness reyerses should come to me after
we are married, and we should get to
be very, very poor, would your love for
me grow less?"
Never, George" replied the noblo
girl.
''And could you 60 into the kitchen,
dear, and make loaf of bread with
those dainty little hands?"
''You are very nice to say such a
pretty thing about my hands, but,
George, love, don be foolish about the
bread. Why, / would send one of the
servants around to the bakers for it. ="
N Y Sun.
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There is a strange sarcasm in a
recent advertisement in the Times.
Right under Il cheap piano announce
ment is the offer of lot in Greenwood
for sale cheap. p.-Puca,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-29

Men trade on borrowed reputation
as they trade on borrowed canital.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
O'Neisi n Cleveland MAN.
Special to the Globe.


WASHINGTON. March 15.-Representa-
tive John j. O'Neill, of Missouri, chairman
of the house labor committee in the last con-
greSS. said to-day that he regarded the
denomination of President Cleveland in
1883 as foregone conclusion.
1.-The Democrats could not find man as
strong as he is with the people," continued
the Missouri congressman, land no one
doubts that he is sincere in making this a
popular administration. 1t is only necessary
to be with the president few minutes to be
convinced of his sincerity Of purpose, and, as
far as can help it, am in for second term
for the incumbent of the White house Moth
ing has ever been said by Mr.. Cleveland to my
colleagues in congress or myself on the subject
but he is content to allow things to shape
themselves, but be assured of one thing: If
he is nominated he will not decline. and he
will be reelected, too. The mugwumps will
never be induced to support Blaine, and l
doubt if any man in the Republican party to-
day can come anywhere near the Maine
statesman. with the masses, besides Cleve-
land. There is good deal OF sentiment in
congress about dealing with public measures,
but when they reach the White house they
are submitted to the test of practicability,
and this will account for many of the vetoes
of President Cleveland. l have voted myself
to pass bills over his veto that were demanGed d
by my constituents, and considered my duty
to them paramount to anything that the
president may say or think
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
A MASONIC SCANDAL.
Noted Toughs Manage to Secure
Initiation and Advancement.

New YORK, March 15.-The Sun this
morning says: Three commissioners ap-
pointed by the state grand lodge of Masons
to investigate the character of members of
the order who were instrumental in intro
ducing into the order Tom Gould, the dive
keeper and Jere Dunn. the gambler and
slayer of Jimmy Elliott. completed their
work yesterday by expelling the last of
nine men. Gould and Dunn were admit
ted into Prudence Lodge No. 632, of this
city. nearly year ago, and they found
there many other men who had no reasons
to feel aggrieved at their admission. Bunco
steerers and confidence men, it is alleged,
had gained admission to the lodge,
not one or two of them, but formidable
minority. 1t was the ambition of
Gould and Dunn that brought them and
seven oe their friends to grief They rushed
through the degrees of Prudence lodge, and
then went step higher and were admitted
to Palestine Chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
This was in last June, and only after the
names of the men had been favorably re-
ported upon by a committee even there was
no scandal, but both Gould and Dunn
wanted to go higher still, and about a
month later they applied for admission into
Ivanhoe Commandery. Here they were
black-balled and the scandal began. Many
men threatened to leave the order. William
A. Whiting carried the news to Lawyer E.
p. Wilder, master of Citizens lodge, and
he wrote statement of the matter to
Grand Master Frank r. Lawrence. Mr.
Wilder was requested to investigate, but
he was about going to Colorado for his
health and so the work was turned over to
Mr.. Viii ting and Edward Dodd. When
their report was handed in the grand lodge
suspended both Prudence lodge and Pales-
tine chapter and took their charters from
them, this preventing them from holding
any more meetings. Besides Dunn and
Gould, Hugh Denim, the master of Pru-
dence lodge. is expelled for letting them in
and these others for being worthy associates
of the first two: II. w. Raymond. William
O'Bren, 7. Tibbetts, Jack Conway, III.
Minchin and H. w. Withraw. Conway
was high priest of Palestine chapter and
was charged with having known the char
acters of both Gould and Dunn when they
were accepted as members The investiga-
ton consumed nearly six weeks, the COM
mission sitting six nights week. The
grand lodge will meet in this city ON the
first Tuesday in June, when the question of
restoring the charter to Prudence lodge
and to Palestine chapter will be discussed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
The Lake Front Fight.

CHICAGO. March 15.-Federal Judge
Blodgett to-day informally secured juris-
diction of the Lake Front case, involving
the claim of the Illinois Central road to
nearly the entire harbor front of Chicago.
Much curiosity has been felt as to whether
Judge Blodgett would take such action after
the attorneys for the Illinois Central had
expressed marked preference for
him and had publicly objected to Judge
Gresham. The railroad was represented
before Judge Blodgett to-day by ex-senator
Lyman Trumbull, Benjamin Aver and
John II. Jewett. A shorthand clerk in
the employ of the city corporation counsel
was the only person present for the city OF
Chicago The state of Illinois had two as
sistants of the attorney general. Mayor
Harrison last night vetoed a resolution Of
the city council, which had in view the
employment of Roscoe Conkling to look
after the city's interest. 1t is estimated
the water front in dispute is worth S10e,-
O00 000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
A VEST OF CRIME.
The Series of Murders Disgracing
the Name of Edgefieid County.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March 15.-The
court of sessions or criminal court of Edge
field county is now sitting in Edgefeld, and
the docket is loaded with cases, most of
which are for Offenses against the person.
During the past week S. D. Zimmerman.
who some months ago shot and killed negro
boy II years of age in spirit of malicious
mischief and declared mot guilty." was set
free. Robert T. Jones' an artist in Muir
dock. having killed three men in one day.
and all relatives. has just been found guilty
OF manslaughter, the jury having given
what they termed compromise verdict"
Jones shot two brOther-in-laWS and his
father-i law, all named Pressly. In one
case the jury disagreed, and now he es-
capes the gallows by the above verdict.
The most notorious, however. is the
Culbreath lynching case, which began yes
terday morning. Thirty-one men are ac-
cused of the murder of D. 7. Culbreath on
Sept. 81, 1885. These men, when first ar
raigned on the 18th of November, 1855, all
pleaded mot guilty." add on the 14th of
that month were admitted to bail for ap-
pearance at the next term Of court. 1t was
then thought they would never be brought
to trial. On the night of Sept. IA one w.
H. Hammond, relative of several of the
accused, was killed in the yard of Mrs. o.
II. Culbreath's house. Culbreath. who had
TREATED HIS WIFE so CRUELTY
that she had separated from him, was ar
rested, as he had charged Hammond with
undue familiarity with his wife, and threat
ened to kill him. On Sept. IL. while in the
Office of Gray Evarts, at Edgefield, waiting
the preparation OF a bail bond, two masked
men entered the office and dragged him into
the street. There the mob took possession
of him, riddled his body with bullets and
lett him for dead. He fingered, however
until next morning. when. he made an ante
mortem statement, positively identifying
William Park and Wyatt L. Holmes as two
of his murderers. Many of the defendants
the state, among them being State Senator
Talbert. One of them is a prominent phys
ician. Another is the brother Of Mrs. Cul-
breath, who married sister of the muir
dered man. Half of the men charged with
the crime are married, and have over a
hundred children between them. Some of
them are white haired and have grandchil-
dren and some are still in their teens. The
trial of the lynchers has been postponed
for one reason or another, until the present
time and there is no likelihood that they
will be convicted, although the state is
making strong effort to secure the pun
ishment of the murderers. Attorney Gen.
eral Earle secured severance OF the cases
yesterday and the trial of two OF the lynch
ers was begun. During the last thirteen
years there have been liz murders commit
ted in the county. The record of the year
1856 shows IA.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
A ssrother,s Anger.

CINCINNATI, o., March 15.-This morn
ing, when the prisoners were brought into
the police court for trial. an athletic young
man. who had been standing by the stage
for some time, sprang at the line, struck
one OF the prisoners blow that sent him
staggering across the room. He attempted
to follow up the assault. but was over
powered and by direction of the court. was
locked up for contempt of court. A vicious
shoe knife was found in his pocket, and he
declared that he would have vengeance at
the first opportunity. His name was
Patrick Sheehan. The prisoner. Teddy
Cunningham, was about to be tried for
having forcibly carried from the street to
his room on Saturday last the I5-year-old
sister of Sheehan as she was returning from
church and keeping her prisoner in his
room, subject to his lust, until Monday
morning. Cunningham's trial was post
poned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
GIRLS IN ROYS, CLOTHES.
Two Young Females Tramp from
Rochester. N. W, TO Window Be-
fore Eheir Sex is Discovered.

Two Young Females Tramp from
Rochester. N. W, to Window Be-
fore Eheir Sex is Discovered.
Special to the Globe.
WINDOW, Mimi. March 15.-Consider-
able interest has been taken i'll the discov-
cry that two children who wandered into
town Saturday evening. attired as boys,
were girls aged II and 16, disguised. When
first questioned they gave the names of
Charlie and Berty Byers, Of Rochester,
n. Y. After their sex had been discov-
cred. their true names. Kate and Lilly,
were revealed. Their story is somewhat
romantic and is given as heard from their
lips by the correspondent. They were
originally from Lindsay, Ont. The death
Of their parents necessitated a removal to
Rochester. they being taken there by their
brother, w. A. ByerS, now resident OF
Calgary. N. W. Il. Wearying of life
to join their brother. After several vain
attempts to get away they changed their
attire and started. Their arrival here
demonstrated the success of the expert.
ment. They travelled on foot. in box cars
with tramps, encountered all Imaginable
dangers and finally wandering into the
Omaha depot here they were found by j.
Il. Preston, reporter, who, pitying their
condition, quartered them at the Clark
house. Kendall, the proprietor, took them
in charge. and had not their sex been dis
covered they would have been forwarded
to their alleged destination. Some doubt
as to the truth of their story is entertained,
thenames of Lilly Davey and Kate Leeker
heving been discovered on articles in tn cir
possession. The doubt is strengthened, be-
cause on communicating with the chief of
police at Calgary he stated that w. A.
Byers was a resident but expected no rela-
tiyaS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
Charlier Convicted.

New YORK. March 15.-The jury in the
suit of the Panama railroad against Ellie
Stacey Charlier, the son OF Prof. Charlier,
which has been On trial for the past week
before Judge Donahue and a jury, in the
supreme court, brought to recover $50, 600
which it was charged Charlier had failed to
account for during the time that he had
acted as bookkeeper for the company at
Aspinwall, brought in sealed verdict,
finding against Charlier in the sum of $39,-
1859. together with interest from Janu-
ary, 1886, making total OF SAL. .s75. To
this an allowance of 3 per cent. was added.
Counsel for Charlier made motion for
new trial, ON the ground that the verdict
was against the weight of evidence. The
motion was denied, but stay of proceed
ings was granted pending an appeal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
A Sensational Affair.

MACON. Ca, March ia report has
just reached here of sensational affair in
Laurens county, this state. An old man
named Perry, who was generally thought
to have money in his house, was aroused
Friday night by two masked men breaking
into his bedroom. He grappled with one
of them and was getting the better of him
when the burglar called on his
comrade to shoot, which he
immediated did. The bullet, how
ever, missed Perry and pierced the heart of
the accomplice, who staggered out into the
yard and fell dead. The murderer then
fled. Perry was afraid to leave the house
till morning. He then found the dead man
to- be his next door neighbor, a constable
named Upton. His accomplice, identified
as an escaped convict named Weaver, has
not been captured. Hobbs county official
and kinsman Of Weaver. is also implicated.
Perry was Weaver's uncle.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-16
Quite q shortage.

NEW YORK, March 15.-The expert ac-
countant employed by G. l.. Webster & Co.
to examine the books kept by Frank N.
Scott, who is accused of having msappro-
priated more than $4,000, has made
statement to the firm. The statement says
that the sales books were found to be cor
rect. The cash books showed that Scott
received in cash, bills and checks amounts
aggregating S1.207, ,564 from july 1885.
to March s. 1886. and that during the same
time paid out $1.1O5, ,719. thus leaving
balance of S101, S45 to be accounted for ON
March 5. On that date there was in the
banks and in Scott's cash box $4,000,
leaving deficit of over $4,000. The ex-
pert claims to have discovered that Scott
attempted to conceal the alleged shortage
by false entries in the cash book. There is
a further item of $5, 900 under scrutiny.